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A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. -

A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. – Walter Bagehot

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The Sovereign has, under a constitutional monarchy such as ours, three rights — the right to be consulted, the right to encourage, the right to warn. And a king of great sense and sagacity would want no others. – Walter Bagehot

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The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds from not knowing what is going on in other peoples minds. – Walter Bagehot

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